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While the White House dithers, a new idea for Afghanistan
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 8 minutes ago
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While military officers wait for President Barack Obama to conclude his agonizingly slow review of Afghanistan policy, they’ve been reading a paper by an Army Special Forces operative arguing that the only hope for success in that country is to work with...
Tags: Afghanistan, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, tribal leaders, Kabul, War in Afghanistan, Taliban insurgency, Hamid Karzai, Politics, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, Taliban, War Conflict
Doc Jensen geeks out on ‘FlashForward’: Follow the clues; crack the mystery! (maybe)
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 hour ago
Credibility In the new issue of Entertainment Weekly now on newsstands, you’ll find a story written by yours truly in which I geek out on my new TV obsession, the ABC sci-fi drama FlashForward . If you’re new to the show, here’s what you need to know: On Oct. 6,...
Tags: FlashForward, chess players, global blackout, Dominic Monaghan, Mark Benford, Charlie Benford, Agent Benford, white queen, Segovia, Beilby Porteus Mosaic, Afghanistan, Kabul
Pilot enters GOP race to oppose Yarmuth
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 hour ago
Credibility Todd Lally, a UPS pilot and former state House candidate, announced Friday that he would join the field of Republican candidates who want to challenge U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth for his congressional seat in 2010. Already in the race is Marilyn Parker, a...
Tags: John Yarmuth, Lally, Afghanistan, Kabul, Anne Northup, Louisville Kentucky, Politics
Bombings cause 23 deaths and 35 wounded in Afghanistan
Kabul, Nov 20 Three bomb attacks against a police station, a car and a "warlord" left 23 dead and 35 wounded in the provinces of Farah, Khost and southwest of the Afghan capital, official sources reported . In the first such attack was reported that a...
Tags: War, afghanistan
Fired therapist: Stressed Marines get shoddy care
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 hour ago
Credibility N.C. — Marines treated at Camp Lejeune for post-traumatic stress had to undergo therapy for months in temporary trailers where they could hear bomb blasts, machine-gun fire and war cries through the thin walls, according to servicemen and their former...
Tags: Dr. Kernan Manion, PTSD, Camp Lejeune, war cries, Navy, gun fired, shoddy care, Afghanistan, Kabul
Canadian soldiers to face 'California Taliban' before real thing
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 2 hours ago
Credibility In the northeastern reaches of the Mojave Desert lie a series of small villages with exotic names such as Medina Wasl, Al Jaff and Wadi Al-Ra'id. They are places that cannot be found on most maps. The villages, built to resemble those in Iraq and Afghanistan,...
Tags: CFB Petawawa, Fort Irwin, U.S. Army, Afghanistan, Southern California, Kandahar, Petawawa Ontario, 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, War in Afghanistan, CFB Wainwright, Fort Irwin Military Reservation, Military of Afghanistan, Renfrew County Ontario, War Conflict
Adrenaline junkies embrace perilous specialties among Canadian troops
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs. In war-wracked Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers risk life and limb on a daily basis.
Tags: Dave Solaux, adrenaline junkies, Canadian, Afghanistan, canadian troops, canadian soldiers, Kabul, Taliban, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Bombs, Explosives, Improvised explosive device
Voting for failure in Afghanistan | Stephen Kinzer
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility by winning a new term through fraud at the polls, President Hamid Karzai has weakened his legitimacy, endangered the already tepid support he enjoys in Washington DC, and handed the Taliban another piece of evidence, if one is needed, that his regime...
Tags: Afghanistan, American, strong central, electoral democracy, Kabul, Taliban, Iranian Plateau, Democracy, Politics
English pub bans Fijians
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 3 hours ago
Credibility UK has banned Fiji British Army soldiers following a series of incidents. The ban was imposed after an incident in September when 16 Fijian soldiers were evicted from The Chapel, on Milford Street in Bristol for spitting at bar staff and groping women.
Tags: Fiji British Army, Lance Bombardier Waisake Waqa, Afghanistan, Kabul, Fijian people, Soldier, War in Afghanistan
For a nation with doubts on war, Afghanistan strategy is a conundrum
Winona :: MN :: USA | about 4 hours ago
Credibility Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at a band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial. Twenty months later, Jesse is loading military...
Tags: Jesse Fladmark, Tim Walz, Minnesota, Winona, Afghanistan, Washington Post, Iraq War, Politics, Gil Gutknecht, War in Afghanistan
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